Africa

• 9 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Durban and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (South Africa), presented by His Eminence Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, ...
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  9 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Tombura Yambio opens first agricultural school in Mupoi Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro, inaugurated the Agricultural Training Center, and sat behind the wheel of a tractor on the farm in the parish of ...
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  9 June 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Ivorian soldier dies in attack in Tougbo on the border with Burkina Faso Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "On the night of Monday, June 7, 2021, armed men attacked the city of Tougbo in the Boun department on the border with Burkina Faso at around 9 p.m. According to initial reports, an Ivorian sold ...
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  8 June 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Young seminarians have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - The young students of the Education Center of the Society for African Missions (SMA) in Benin have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries. "I was allowed to be part of a somewhat special mission ...
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  8 June 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Violence and displacement in Cabo Delgado: Women and children particularly affected Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children are the victims most affected by the violence and the consequences of displacement in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, where since 2017 over 700,000 people ...
• 7 June 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Monrovia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Monrovia (Liberia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Lewis J. Zeigler. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 7/6/2 ...
• 7 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Massacres are intended to secure control over strategic areas" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is in shock. Such a massacre has not occurred since 2015", say sources from the Apostolic Nunciature from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to Agenzia Fides, where in th ...
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  7 June 2021
  AFRICA - A heartfelt appeal from Father Gigi Macalli: "We mustn't forget Sister Gloria!" Crema (Agenzia Fides) - "Since I returned free, I have not stopped praying I invite everyone not to forget the other hostage detainees in the Sahel and to continue to pray for them", said Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians and Muslims on pilgrimage to the Monastery of Jabal al Tayr to celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary Samalut (Agenzia Fides) - While respecting the provisions in force to combat Covid-19, this year a large number of Egyptians, both Coptic Christians and Muslims, have been able to arrive at the Marian monastery of Jabal ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - "Too much violence, national reconciliation is needed", say the Bishops during the celebrations for the Ugandan Martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - "Since we have just come out of the elections, I want to underline the words of the Holy Father that we must be witnesses to the heritage of living a life of reconciliation, mutual respect and j ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - World Environment Day: the decade on ecosystem restoration Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - From protecting agricultural soils against erosion in Kenya, to restoring some biodiversity hotspots in the Amazon, to converting former coal mines in the American Appalachians into carbon sinks ...
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  4 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Fr. Joe Keke, kidnapped with the priest who was later found dead, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Joe Keke, the priest kidnapped on the night of May 20 in the attack on the parish of St. Vincent Ferrer in Malunfashi, in the state of Katsina, in northern Nigeria (see Fides, 21/5/2021) has b ...
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  1 June 2021
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Stop violence against women in Tigray: an immediate solution is urgently needed Mekelle (Agenzia Fides) - "The residents of the Tigray region are calling for an end to violence", denounces the leadership of the Europe External Program with Africa and Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) in a state ...
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  1 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop Sokoto: "The State does nothing to protect citizens" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nowhere else in the world do people die as in our country. There is no place in the world where citizens can be killed every day without the government showing the slightest sign of empathy or co ...
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  31 May 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops urge citizens to vaccinate and demand that drugs be released for the treatment of AIDS patients" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We find it extremely sad that while our places of worship are closed to the public, every time the lockdown is imposed, people can still go to markets and other public places without restrictio ...